How to Use cul-de-sac in a Sentence

cul-de-sac

noun
  • The street ends in a cul-de-sac by redwood trees.
    — Alison Weinflash, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Here are the final five (of eight) episodes, set in a cul-de-sac.
    — Mike Hughes, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The man was Jef Raskin, and this is his cul-de-sac.
    — Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The whole process of building the cul-de-sac took nearly five months.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • One of those access points would open up an existing cul-de-sac.
    — Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2026
  • One of those access points would open up an existing cul-de-sac.
    — Desiree Mathurin april 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The property is located at the end of a cul-de-sac and edges a golf course.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Aerial footage showed large flames burning through dense brush on a hillside near a cul-de-sac of homes.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • Emma Grace is a little girl who lives on Canute’s cul-de-sac.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2024
  • The house where Ritu lived is gone, and so are the houses around it; there is a cul-de-sac there now.
    — Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The five-bedroom home sits on almost a half-acre of land off a secluded cul-de-sac.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Without a line in the hills, the fire ran downslope and jumped to homes—unchecked through the cul-de-sacs below.
    — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
  • Our cul-de-sac crew has thrown out two backs, sprained at least two ankles and seen a couple cases of road rash.
    — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The hogs continue to root around in the yard as dogs bark in the background along the quiet cul-de-sac.
    — Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The Rao house sits on a hilltop with a commanding view of the cul-de-sac below.
    — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
  • This was a woman who should have lived the rest of her life in a beautiful suburban cul-de-sac.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 23 June 2023
  • At the edge of that cul-de-sac, hanging over the drive, was the family basketball hoop.
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Avoid parking on streets, especially cul-de-sacs.
    — Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Law enforcement lined both sides of the cul-de-sac where Cole is known to live and examined the home.
    — Cnn.com, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Some cul-de-sacs and small side streets remained salted but unplowed, according to the city's site.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2026
  • In the video, the alligator walks along a cul-de-sac before resting under a white van.
    — Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The shooting happened at the top of the nearby cul-de-sac shortly afterward.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The grounds were clean and green, with big houses that lined a cul-de-sac where residents walked around taking in the sunlight.
    — AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Spotted these days on everything from quiet cul-de-sacs to bustling main streets, golf carts are no longer just for the fairway.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Plans call for turning the median strips into cul-de-sacs, and that’s a start at easing the crossing.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But the ultimate truth here is that the Democrats drove themselves into a cul-de-sac on this issue.
    — ABC News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The abode is positioned on a cul-de-sac and tucked behind a gate, kind of like a modern, monolithic fortress.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Built in 1972 on about half an acre, the tri-story home has a boat slip, two-car garage and sits at a cul-de-sac.
    — Desiree Mathurin march 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
  • In the confessional scene, played out on a dusty Italian cul-de-sac, Kendall is a mess.
    — Town & Country, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Cortez then reaches 26th Street, a cul-de-sac, in Golden Hill.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025

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